1887.] 
79 
Kavi Raj Shyamal Das— Antiquities at Nag art. 
In the first line, the 1st letter is partially broken away, but suffi¬ 
cient remains to show it to have been td ; the 3rd letter is gd or grd 
rather than ga ; the 4th letter, and the 3rd of the third line are alike, 
both being ja; the 5th letter may possibly have an anuswara (3) ; the 
11th letter is distinctly ri, with what looks like a dot within the angle 
of the vowel. In the second line, the 1st letter again is partially broken, 
but the vowel i is distinctly visible ; the 2nd letter is more probably 
only na (not na ). In the third line, the 4th letter is distinctly si, the 
12th is na, and the 14th is te. The latter would seem to stand for ti ; 
for the word intended is probably vatiJcd, ‘ an enclosure ’ or ‘ a garden.’ 
The second line would seem to mention the Jina (Mahavira) and 
Bhagava (Buddha) as well as the two brothers Sankarshana (Baladeva) 
and Basudeva (Krishna). At the beginning of the three lines, as well as 
at the end of the first two lines some portion of the inscription is 
lost; traces of the lost 16th letters of lines 1 and 2 are still visible ; but 
after vdtelcd there is no trace of anything further having followed. 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
11, * * 
* * f m 
In the first line, the 1st letter is slightly broken ; the 5th might be 
de; the 7th is probably the beginning of the word thambha ‘ pillar.’ In 
the second line the first consonant is lost, though the accompanying 
vowel i is distinct; perhaps the word was kdrita or pratisthd'pitd. Ed.] 
Inscription III. 1 
II *ITU SfTCft Sfit iwftrr || 
ii ■<§> jffl'r Jiiisrel 2 ew i ew n 
raffl safer nearer fercen II \ 
fa sjT^rwcrt few <r ; u siw- 
Tfltfwws efteftg www winw: : ll e, 
1 [This inscription has been carefully checked with the help of two good ink 
impressions, sent by the Kaviraj. The alcsharcis enclosed in brackets are doubtful on 
the stone, and have been conjeoturally restored. Ed. ) 
2 Read j|iq?Tpq| 6 I 
